1、Lesson 8
3. How to Detect the Meanings of the Following with the Help of the Context Clues
1) loose-leaf: with leaves that can be easily put in and taken out
2) script: style of writing, handwriting
3) rifled: searched through and stole everything valuable out of
4) array: an orderly set of
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2、) started off: began to move
6) taking up the chase: continuing to follow the thief
7) was… gaining on him: was reducing the distance between him and robber
8) alien: inhabited by other people
9) tumbled to his knees: fell suddenly to his knees
10) clenched: tightly grasped
11) thwack: a hard
3、blow or strike
12) just short of: near, not far away from
IV. Key to Multiple-Choice Questions
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V. Suggested Versions of Translation Exercise
1. 责任感驱使科林和琼与卡车运输﹑上下班时间的拥堵﹑不达标住房以及猖獗的卖淫活动作斗争。受同样的责任感驱使,他们逐渐领导起一场针对犯罪的斗争。
2.一场细雨使得路面上结了一层滑溜溜的冰,但是科林站稳了脚跟,飞快地缩短拉下的路程。
3.从门廊下把“强击手〞那分量很重的筒形头捡回来之后,他跑上人行道,差点儿撞上两个衣着光鲜,正准备到镇上去过夜生活的黑人。
4.像他的许多邻居那样气势汹汹地说:“这些狗娘养的,要是让我逮着了…〞是一回事,真的做起来又是另外一回事了。